“The most useful thing for me was to learn how to reference and how to avoid plagiarism, which I wouldn’t have known if I didn’t take the pre-sessional course.”
Entry requirements
Entry requirements for our academic English for postgraduate studies pre-sessional course depend on:
- your current English language level
- the English language requirement for your postgraduate degree
Use the table below to give you an idea of how long you might need to study pre-sessional English for.
The minimum age to study
If you have any questions, please email langc@leeds.ac.uk.
If you start your pre-sessional course in October, January or April (Terms 1-3)
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Required IELTS for entry onto your degree |
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6.0 |
6.5 |
7.0 |
| Your current IELTS score | Minimum length of pre-sessional course you should study |
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| 4.5 |
With no components below 4.0 |
30 weeks | 40 weeks |
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| 5.0 | With no components below 4.5 |
20 weeks |
30 weeks |
40 weeks |
| 5.5 |
With components at 5.0 allowed, none below 5.0 |
20 weeks
If you have one component at 5.0 (not writing), you may be eligible to study for 10 weeks |
20 weeks | 30 weeks |
| 6.0 | With one or two components at 5.5 allowed, none below 5.5 | - |
10 weeks* | 20 weeks |
| 6.5 |
With one or two components at 6.0 allowed, none below 6.0 | - | - | 10 weeks |
*You'll study for 20 weeks if you hold two components at 5.5 and are preparing for:
- A taught postgraduate course in the Business School
- MSc (Eng) Engineering Project Management
- MSc (Eng) International Construction Management and Engineering
If you start your pre-sessional course in July or August (term 4)
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